The week in pictures: 23 August 2013

A foreign tourist eats a fried scorpion at Khao Sarn road, a spot tourist area in Bangkok, Thailand. Insects have long been on the menu in Thailand, but academics and the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization are hoping they will become a more common global source of protein and nutrients to meet the need for growing world food requirements in the future.Picture: EPA/NARONG SANGNAK